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Social Studies 5-Adult (B.A.)

Admission Process

  1. Pre-Admission

    The first part of the teacher education admission and retention process takes place when the prospective student applies for admission to WLU and indicates that he or she is interested in pursuing a teaching major or when the student changes his or her major to a major in teacher education from another major. The formal declaration of a teaching major on the admission form or with the Registrar's office gives the Teacher Education Program the ability to communicate with the student regarding items of importance to education majors.

  2. Formal Admission into the WLU Teacher Education Program

    Students who have completed the requirements for admission into Teacher Education apply for admission using an online form available through the Teacher Education website.

    The criteria for admission into Teacher Education are:

    See Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  3. Admission to Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)

    See the Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  4. Graduation and Certification

    During the period of the clinical practice, the student is required to follow the schedule of his or her cooperating teacher and of the school in which he or she is placed. The Student Teaching Syllabus lists all of the requirements and expectations that the student must meet in order to receive credit for the experience.

    Students who are pursuing the BA degree must submit an Application for Graduation to the Registrar's Office by the deadline established by that office. The Registrar's Office staff determines if the candidate has met the graduation requirements.

Teaching Certification

To qualify for West Virginia teaching certification, each graduate must also pass all of the required Praxis II tests for the subject area that he or she intends to teach. A list of the required Praxis II tests, along with the required passing scores, is available at the ETS website (http://www.ets.org/praxis) or the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) web site.

Graduates may obtain certification packets at the dean’s office or by requesting a packet from WVDE. Fingerprinting must be completed at a WVDE approved location.

Required Courses and Professional Components

Pre-Professional Skills Component

All education students must pass state-required pre-professional skills tests (Praxis I). Also, they must demonstrate speaking skills competency by achieving a letter grade of “C” or better in COM 101.

Professional Education Component

EDUC 100Intro To Professional Educ

1
EDUC 207Foundations Of Educ

3
EDUC 290Instructional Technology

3
EDUC 301Educational Psychology

3
SPED 241Intro To Exceptionalities

3

Methods and Materials Block Semester

These courses must be scheduled together during the semester prior to the professional semester. Students must be admitted to Teacher Education before enrolling in the Secondary Education Methods and Materials Block semester. Students must be eligible for the M&M Block to register for the courses listed below.

EDUC 293Instr Design Asses for Mid/Sec

3
EDUC 309Field Practicum II

0
EDUC 340M & M for Secondary Teachers

2
EDUC 342M&M Lab for Secondary Teachers

1
READ 302Read for Content Area Instr

3
SPED 320Collab Tech Sec Stud Exception

3

Professional Semester Courses

EDUC 409School Law & Org

1
EDUC 470Professional Seminar

1
SPED 484

0-10
EED 482

0-10

Content Courses

ECON 103Principles of Microeconomics

3
ECON 203Principles of Macroeconomics

3
EDUC 356Integrated Appalachian SS

3
GEO 205Introduction To Geography

3
GEO 206World Regional Geography

3
GEO 310Geography Of U.S. And Canada

3
HIST 103Hist Of Civilization I

3
HIST 104Hist Of Civilization II

3
HIST 210Hist of U.S. I to 1876

3
HIST 211Hist of U.S. II Since 1876

3
HIST 302WV & the Appalachian Region

3
POLS 101Basic Concepts of Politics & Government

3
POLS 201American Government

3

Choose 9 hours from the following:

Any 300-400 American HIST
Any 300-400 Non-American HIST
Any 300-400 HIST

Choose 9 hours from the following:

Any 300-400 GEO
Any 300-400 POLS
Any 300-400 SOC